Locomotive draw-bar lifter



(No Model.)

0. K. OORDREY.

LOUOMOTIVE DRAW BAR LIFTER.

No. 299,114. Pate ted May 27, 1884.

UNTTTD STATES PATENT OTTTc'n;

CHARLES K. OORDREY, OF BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO.

LOCOMOTIVE oRA'vv sAR LIFTER.

{SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,1l, dated May 27, 1884.

Application filed August 6, 1883, i (No model.)

T0 at, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAS. K. OORDREY', a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bellefontaine, in the county of Logan and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Locomotive Draw-Bar Lifter, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is for a locomotive draw-bar lifter, and is intended to enable the engineer or fireman to raise the draw-bar from the cab when coupling the locomotive to a car. In cases where the party in the cab cannot conveniently see the draw-head to be coupled to, he can beguided by the motion of the hands of a brakeman who is near to place the pin. In some cases I place the pin in the hole in the top of the draw-head, so that the jar or shock of the train will dislodge it and cause it to lock the draw-bar in position, instead of having the brakenian step in.

Figure l is a side view of a locomotive, showing my lifter attached. Fig. 2 is a top view of part of the pilot with the lifting de vice and draw-bar.

A is the handle, through which the fireman or engineer standing in the cab can operate the device or lift the draw-bar, as desired; B, the connecting'rod; O, crank; D, revolving rod; E, lever which raises the coupling or draw bar; F, draw-bar.

In operating my device the pin of the car to be coupled is set in proper position, with its point in the pinhole. The engineer then, (in the cab,) as the locomotive approaches, by the movement of the handle A, raises the drawbar to the proper height, and when the drawbar enters the draw-head the shock dislodges the pin,which drops down through the slot in the draw-bar and couples.

In practice I continue the revolving rod D out to the side of the pilot and attach a'handle some two feet long, which drops down along the side of the pilot, forming a crankhandle. Should it be desirable at anytime to couple from the ground, the brakeman can take hold of this handle and raise the coupling-bar to the proper height while walking alongside of the locomotive.

What I claim is i 1. The combination, with the coupling-bar of a locomotive, of the lever E, revolving rod D, crank O, connecting-rod B, and handle A, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the coupling-bar of a locomotive, of the lever E and revolving rod D, having a crank-handle, G, convenient for operation by the brakenien when 011 the ground alongside the pilot, substantially as set forth.

CHAS. K. OORDREY.

\Vitnesses:

. JACOB STOUGH,

T. L. HUTOHINS. 

